Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-08-20
T.fCATlON NOTES.

Among the Springfield people who have
been or are still at Chautauqua this season
are Mr. and Miss Houston, the Misses Ram
sey. Mr.. Paullin. Mr.. F. Holford. Miss
Ellen W. Bushnell. Messrs. K. II. and |.
W. Rodgers and Miss Rodgers. Mr.. and
Mrs. F. J. Webb and Miss Steele. Miss
Wilson society editor of the Sunday Neus).
Miss Esther Simpson. ex- Principal Tuttle
Of the Northern school and wife and daugh-
ter, Mrs. Gustavus S. Foos, and Rev. K II.
Rust, ID. ID. Others are here, no doubt. but
l have not stumbled upon them.
Young William f. Dodge. OF New York.
recently told this story in which two grand
men figure. to friend of mne-Rev. DIR.
b. NJ. Adams. OF Brooklyn: Mr.. Gladstone
wished to meet Mr.. ID. l.. Moody, the evan
gelist, but he was too busy with nqurers
concerning the way of life. One night the
great statesman ylaid Moody on his way
Addressing him. he said: Il wish | had
your shoulders" 81 wish had your head
on 'em" came like q shot from Moody
and he rushed on to his destination. Mr..
figures, and when rightly told it is touching
and significant. The great chief of the
Church-of-England mOaks, q tai. we'll
formed man. OF splendid personal appear
ance, marched. with a few of his personal
followers. into Mr.. MoOdy's private apart
ments. He was clad in the sable habili-
ments of his order and his bearing was ma
iestic and impressive. He said: MIR.
Moody: My friends and have lain pros
trate. many nights, asking God for the
poor OF London. and in vain, and he has
given them to you, almost without the ask
ing. A great responsibility rests upon you. :"
Among the strong men here, this year,
are Professor Henry Drummond. of the
Free church college. Glasgow, Scotland.
and Rev. A. NJ. Fairbairn. ID. D., presi-
ident of the new (CongregationaD Mans
field college, Oxford university. England.
Both are men of simple manners but of
profound ability. Both are also pro-
nounced blondes. of pure Scotch bloc d.
Prof. Drnmmond, whose book Natural
Law in the Spiritual World"-has already
made marked and most favorable impress
sion on the religious world. is only thirty
three years of age. DIR. Fairbairn cannot
be very much older. but in both England
and America he stands in the front rank of
religious thinkers and philosophers. No
finer. or abler. or more interesting lectures
have ever been delivered here. or else
where. than those delivered by him in the
amphitheater, at Chautauqus. this season.
His verbal portraits of Martin Luther. John
Calvin. Oliver Cromwell and John Milton
were the finest descriptions of these men
have ever heard. Another strong man who
has been here is MIR. George W. Cable tnow
of Northampton. Mass, who has just read
from the Chautauqua platform his inim-
liable STORY of Grande Pointe." and selec-
tions from ..Dr Sewer" to audiences of 5000
or 5000 people, with remarkable effect.
Cable captured the people with his mag
netic and wizardlike power and made every
man. woman and child at Chautauqua his
personal friend. He is rather small and
slender. but straight as an arrow, with the
finest shaped head ! ever saw and the most
beautiful face from which q mans eyes ey er
looked. 1t was Gable who, IN addressing a
Boston Sunday school, said: Il have five
children and half Of them are girls" The
inevitable and omnipresent bad boy shouted
That's lie. but Cable responded prompt
ly: NO. il isn't. for the other half are
girls also" Cable says the story is now
spoiled. for he has a new girl that turns out
to be boy.
One OF the good fellaws here. who doesn't
make any speeches, but who is making
money by minding his own business.
is Mr.. II. II. Otis. the Buffalo book
seller cess Main street.. who has a
branch store here, and Of whom our Spring
field Chautauquans buy their books from
year to year, at low rates. am indebted
to him for copies of Edward Everett Hale's
capital History of the United States"
written for c. l.. S. c. readers. and read
ings from German Literature" by Rev.
W. {. Wilkinson, Of Tarrytown. y. Y, a
brother of our Rev. DR.. A. l.. Wilkinson,
of Springfield.
The attendance at Chautsuqua is larger
this year than il has ever been before
There are 5000 to 20. 600 people residing
in this beautiful Summer City by the Lake,
and probably 10000 to $4,000 at other
Chautauqua points.
i wish to express my approval Of
Mayor Kelly's policy OF suspending police
men for drinking in beer saloons. Ii
should be followed up and enforced.
{. NJ. NICHOLS.
scenes al the English Derby.